{"id":1979,"date":"2012-08-08T18:36:36","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T22:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/?p=1979"},"modified":"2021-08-14T13:44:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T17:44:08","slug":"mars-curiosity-to-barsoom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/mars-curiosity-to-barsoom\/","title":{"rendered":"Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9cc4772f77\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" 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>MARS LANDINGS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/mars-curiosity-to-barsoom\/#ALL_ABOUT_THE_RED_PLANET\" >ALL ABOUT THE RED PLANET<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/mars-curiosity-to-barsoom\/2\/#MARTIAN_LESSON_PLANS_AND_ACTIVITIES\" >MARTIAN LESSON PLANS AND ACTIVITIES<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/mars-curiosity-to-barsoom\/2\/#SCI-FI_MARS\" >SCI-FI MARS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/mars-curiosity-to-barsoom\/2\/#WAR_OF_THE_WORLDS\" >WAR OF THE WORLDS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/mars-curiosity-to-barsoom\/3\/#MATH_ON_OR_NEAR_MARS\" >MATH ON (OR NEAR) MARS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/mars-curiosity-to-barsoom\/3\/#MARTIAN_ARTS\" >MARTIAN ARTS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/mars-curiosity-to-barsoom\/3\/#RED_PLANET_POEMS\" >RED PLANET POEMS<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"MARS_LANDINGS\"><\/span><strong>MARS LANDINGS<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/16496-mars-landing-missions-timeline.html\">Destination Mars<\/a> is a timeline of Mars expeditions from the Viking Mars orbiter to Perseverance.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From National Geographic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/science\/article\/mars-exploration-article\">Why explore Mars?<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16188\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/curisoity-on-mars-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/curisoity-on-mars-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/curisoity-on-mars-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/curisoity-on-mars.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Tour Mars with <a href=\"https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/msl\/home\/\">Curiosity<\/a>!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Mars-Perseverance-Stages-of-Descent-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Mars-Perseverance-Stages-of-Descent-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Mars-Perseverance-Stages-of-Descent-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Mars-Perseverance-Stages-of-Descent-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Mars-Perseverance-Stages-of-Descent-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Mars-Perseverance-Stages-of-Descent.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4czjS9h4Fpg\">Perseverance<\/a> land on Mars! (Seven minutes of terror.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19983\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1000x800p-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1000x800p-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1000x800p-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1000x800p.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/rebrickable.com\/search\/?show_printed=on&amp;include_accessory=1&amp;q=mars+rover&amp;search_type=all\">Rebrickable<\/a> has free DIY instructions for building your own LEGO model Mars rovers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ALL_ABOUT_THE_RED_PLANET\"><\/span><strong>ALL ABOUT THE RED PLANET<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/fly-me-to-mars-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/fly-me-to-mars-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/fly-me-to-mars.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><em>Fly Me to Mars<\/em> (ProStar Publications, 2007) by Catherine Weitz, a geologist at the Planetary Science Institute, is a picture-book \u201cvisit\u201d to Mars, covering major Martian features \u2013 tallest volcano, largest canyon, chilly polar regions, and two potato-shaped moons \u2013 and showing how Mars compares to Earth. For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16204\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mission-to-mars-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mission-to-mars-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mission-to-mars-768x626.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mission-to-mars.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Franklyn M. Branley\u2019s chatty <em>Mission to Mars<\/em> (HarperCollins, 2002) in the Let\u2019s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, astronauts from the International Space Station establish a base on Mars, cope with such Martian challenges as dust, cold, and low gravity, and explore their surroundings. The book is illustrated with drawings and photographs; included is a great map of named Mars rocks (among them Warthog, Turtle, Barnacle Bill, Dragon, and Flipper). For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16189\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/destination-mars-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/destination-mars-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/destination-mars-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/destination-mars-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/destination-mars-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/destination-mars-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/destination-mars.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Seymour Simon\u2019s <em>Destination Mars<\/em> (HarperCollins, 2004), spectacularly illustrated with maps, diagrams, and full-page color photographs from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Mars Orbiter Camera, and the Pathfinder lander, is an excellent introduction to the history and science of the planet for ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16221\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/first-kid-on-mars.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"289\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Patrick O\u2019Brien\u2019s <em>You Are the First Kid on Mars<\/em> (Putnam Juvenile, 2009) stars a little boy in an orange space suit traveling to Mars via space elevator, space station, and Nuclear Thermal Rocket (which last travels at a thrilling 75,000 miles per hour), and finally arriving at a Martian colony populated by scientists and engineers. The book is illustrated with wonderful photorealistic paintings, peppered with interesting facts, and written in the second person, which gives the text a feel of you-are-there immediacy. For ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/cars-on-mars-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/cars-on-mars-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/cars-on-mars-2.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Alexandra Sly\u2019s <em>Cars on Mars<\/em> (Charlesbridge Publishing, 2011) is the story of Spirit and Opportunity, the two golf-cart-sized rovers sent to Mars in 2003 and still gamely transmitting data. To date, they\u2019ve sent home over 200,000 photographs, the most famous of which indicated the presence of water on the planet. The book is filled with intriguing and catchily presented information\u00a0 &#8211; for example, the cruising speed of the rovers is \u201cten times slower than that of a wood turtle\u201d \u2013 and illustrations include great color photographs of the Martian surface. For ages 9 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mighty-mars-rovers-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mighty-mars-rovers-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mighty-mars-rovers-1024x838.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mighty-mars-rovers-768x628.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mighty-mars-rovers-1536x1257.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mighty-mars-rovers.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In the Scientist in the Field series, Steven Squyres\u2019s <em>The Mighty Mars Rovers<\/em> (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2012) is the story of Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity (\u201cthe greatest space robot adventure of all time\u201d), told by the lead scientist on the mission. For ages 10 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mars-and-search-for-life-295x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mars-and-search-for-life-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mars-and-search-for-life.jpg 637w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Elaine Scott\u2019s <em>Mars and the Search for Life<\/em> (Clarion Books, 2008) is an attractively presented history of speculations about and explorations of the planet Mars, from Percival Lowell&#8217;s apocryphal canals and Orson Welles\u2019s panic-inducing <em>War of the Worlds<\/em> broadcast through the Mariner flybys, Viking landers, and Spirit and Opportunity rovers. Sidebars provide interesting facts and supplementary explanations. The book is illustrated with photos, drawings, and diagrams. For ages 10-14.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>From <em>Astrobiology<\/em> magazine, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/13197-mars-canals-water-history-lowell.html\">Tracing the Canals of Mars<\/a> is short illustrated account of Percival Lowell\u2019s (mistaken) sightings of \u201ccanals\u201d on the Martian surface.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/faceonmars-267x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/faceonmars-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/faceonmars.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>From NASA Science News, learn the truth about the famous giant Face on Mars at <a href=\"http:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/science-news\/science-at-nasa\/2001\/ast24may_1\/\">Unmasking the Face on Mars<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/16877-mars-life-search-photo-timeline.html\">The Search for Life on Mars<\/a>\u00a0is an annotated photo timeline extending from Percival Lowell\u2019s sighting of Martian \u201ccanals\u201d in the 1880s to the 2012 Curiosity rover.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16193\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/how-to-live-on-mars-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/how-to-live-on-mars-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/how-to-live-on-mars.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Robert Zubrin\u2019s <em>How to Live on Mars: A Trusty Guidebook to Surviving and Thriving on the Red Planet<\/em> (Three Rivers Press, 2008), the Martian narrator \u2013 born there in 2071 \u2013 provides hopeful immigrants with helpful hints and lots of information. Chapters include \u201cHow to Choose a Spacesuit,\u201d \u201cHow to Choose Your First Ground Rover,\u201d and \u201cHow to Stay Alive in the Desert.\u201d Factual and fun. For teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16223\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/case-for-mars-190x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/case-for-mars-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/case-for-mars-650x1024.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/case-for-mars-768x1210.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/case-for-mars.jpg 941w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Robert Zubrin\u2019s <em>The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must<\/em> (Free Press, 2011) argues convincingly for Mars colonization. For teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>From the Symphony of Science musical video series, see Robert Zubrin, Carl Sagan, and others in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BZ5sWfhkpE0\">The Case for Mars<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/travelers-guide-to-mars-177x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/travelers-guide-to-mars-177x300.jpg 177w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/travelers-guide-to-mars.jpg 353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>William K. Hartmann\u2019s <em>A Traveler\u2019s Guide to Mars<\/em> (Workman Publishing, 2003) is just what you\u2019d stuff in your spacepack if you were a Mars-bound tourist. The history and geography of Mars, in detail, illustrated with photographs. For teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/packing-for-mars-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/packing-for-mars-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/packing-for-mars.jpg 319w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>As a child, Mary Roach would certainly have sympathized with Beverly Cleary\u2019s Ramona who \u2013 in <em>Ramona the Pest<\/em> (HarperCollins, 1992) \u2013 upsets her kindergarten class by demanding to know how Mike Mulligan went to the bathroom.\u00a0 It\u2019s just such details that propel Roach\u2019s scientific tell-all books, among them <em>Packing for Mars<\/em> (W.W. Norton &amp; Company, 2011), which deals with the biology, psychology, and technology of space travel. Find out about sex, baths, and bathroom behavior in space. For older teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Learn all about Mars with great photos at the <a href=\"http:\/\/nineplanets.org\/mars.html\">Nine Planets<\/a> website.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mars-rising-doc-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mars-rising-doc-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mars-rising-doc-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mars-rising-doc-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mars-rising-doc.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1120412\/\">Mars Rising<\/a> is a six-part documentary about a manned mission to Mars, including interviews with experts and film footage from such Mars-like Earth locations as Chile\u2019s bone-dry Atacama Desert and the Arctic\u2019s Devon Island.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>From the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, <a href=\"http:\/\/airandspace.si.edu\/research\/ceps\/etp\/mars\/\">Exploring the Planets: Mars<\/a> has historical info, up-to-date data on Mars and its moons, and a large database of Martian images.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marsjournal.org\/\">Mars: The International Journal of Mars Science and Exploration<\/a>\u00a0has scholarly papers and online data for seriously committed Mars students.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><!--nextpage--><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>MARTIAN LESSON PLANS AND ACTIVITIES<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mars-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mars-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mars-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mars-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mars-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mars.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/\">The Mars Exploration Program<\/a> website has a wealth of Mars-based information, including updates and images from the Curiosity rover, help for finding Mars in the night sky, a virtual Mars Trek, and more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Arizona State University\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/marsed.asu.edu\/\">Mars Education Program<\/a>\u00a0has detailed information, lesson plans, activities, and collaborative student-scientist projects for a range of ages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>See <a href=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/classroom\/pdfs\/MSIP-MarsActivities.pdf\">Mars Activities<\/a>\u00a0for an excellent downloadable 128-page booklet of projects, games, and activities for grades K-12. Included are background information, instructions, and extension suggestions for 24 different activities, among them Rover Races, Volcano Mapping and Lava Layering, Searching for Life on Mars, Edible Mars Rover, and Mars Meteorites\u2019 Fingerprints.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From the Lunar and Planetary Institute, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/education\/explore\/mars\/\">Mars Inside and Out<\/a>\u00a0has background information, a book list, and multi-part activities for kids ages 8-13. For example, kids model a Martian landscape and create a Martian board game.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Mars, of course, is named for the Roman god of war. Learn all about <a href=\"http:\/\/rome.mrdonn.org\/romangods\/mars.html\">Mars<\/a> and his Greek alter-ego, Ares, from history teacher Mr. Donn.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong>SCI-FI MARS<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/nothing-to-do-on-mars-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/nothing-to-do-on-mars-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/nothing-to-do-on-mars.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Chris Gall\u2019s <em>There\u2019s Nothing to Do on Mars<\/em> (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2008), Davey Martin\u2019s parents have moved to Mars and Davey shares the plight of all bored kids: \u201cThere\u2019s nothing to do!\u201d His parents send him and his robot dog, Polaris, out to play, but nothing solves the problem \u2013 not the mysterious giant face, the peculiar fossils, or the hordes of leaping pop-eyed Martians (smelly from lack of baths). Finally Davey and dog dig for buried treasure on top of Olympus Mons and unleash a massive eruption of water. This exciting find causes more and more people to move to Mars \u2013 and at the end of the book, Davey\u2019s parents, feeling cramped, are considering a relocation to Saturn. The illustrations have a bright retro-comic-book look. (Polaris is particularly adorable.) A Kirkus Best Children\u2019s Book of the Year. For ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/freddy-and-mars-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/freddy-and-mars-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/freddy-and-mars-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/freddy-and-mars-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/freddy-and-mars.jpg 798w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Walter R. Brooks\u2019s <em>Freddy and the Men from Mars<\/em> (Overlook Juvenile Books, 2011), the local newspaper reports that six little creatures with red whiskers, believed to be visiting Martians, have been captured by Mr. Herbert Garble, and are now on display at the Boomschmidt Circus. Freddy, the never-at-a-loss pig, rightly suspects a hoax, and prepares, with help from the Animal Bureau of Investigation, to track down the culprit. A lot of hilarious Freddy-esque confusion and complications ensue, including the arrival of real (pear-shaped, three-eyed) Martians. For ages 7-11.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also a sequel, <em>Freddy and the Baseball Team from Mars<\/em> (2011).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>For synopses of the 24 Freddy books, information on Freddy and Walter R. Brooks, a selection of poems by Freddy, and to become an official \u201cFriend of Freddy,\u201d see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freddythepig.org\/\">Freddy the Pig&#8217;s home page<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16196\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/last-day-on-mars-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/last-day-on-mars-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/last-day-on-mars-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/last-day-on-mars-768x1160.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/last-day-on-mars-1017x1536.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/last-day-on-mars-1356x2048.jpg 1356w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/last-day-on-mars.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>In Kevin Emerson\u2019s gripping <em>Last Day on Mars<\/em> (Walden Pond Press, 2018), Earth is long gone and its descendants are now living on Mars \u2013 a stop-gap solution while they prepare for a longer journey to a distant star. Liam and his friend Phoebe are among the last to leave Mars, as their scientist parents race to prepare for terraforming the new planet. Then there\u2019s an explosion. And a dead alien. Edge-of-your-seat reading for ages 8-12. First of a series.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19988\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/9780593121818_p0_v1_s1200x630-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/9780593121818_p0_v1_s1200x630-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/9780593121818_p0_v1_s1200x630.jpg 417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>In Jennifer L. Holm&#8217;s <em>The Lion of Mars<\/em> (Random House, 2021), eleven-year-old Bell has spent his entire life in the American colony on Mars &#8211; a planet now scattered with international colonies, though Bell&#8217;s remains strictly isolated from the others. Then the adults begin to fall seriously ill and it&#8217;s left to the kids to contact others for help. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/alan-boy-from-mars-Pinkwater-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/alan-boy-from-mars-Pinkwater-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/alan-boy-from-mars-Pinkwater.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>The main character of Daniel Manus Pinkwater\u2019s <em>Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars<\/em>, originally published in 1979, is pudgy Leonard Neeble who is being tormented at school. His only friend is Alan Mendelsohn, a new kid ostensibly from the Bronx, who claims to be a Martian. The zany classic-Pinkwater plot involves a child psychologist who encourages Leonard to smoke cigars; Samuel Klugarsh, occult bookstore owner, who offers courses in Klugarsh Mind Control and Hyperstellar Archaeology; Clarence Yojimbo (from Venus), traveling with a biker gang visiting the Bermuda Triangle Chili Parlor; and Waka-Waka, an alternative plane of existence. Alan, in case you\u2019re wondering, really <em>is<\/em> a Martian. The book is no longer available in a single edition, but can be found in Pinkwater\u2019s collected <em>5 Novels<\/em> (Farrar, Straus &amp; Giroux, 1997). For ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/wizard-mars-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/wizard-mars-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/wizard-mars.jpg 395w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>For fans of Diane Duane\u2019s Young Wizards series,\u00a0<em>A Wizard of Mars<\/em> (Harcourt Children\u2019s Books, 2010), has teenage wizards Nita and Kit investigating a message in a mysterious Martian artifact and re-opening an ancient conflict on that long-dormant world. This is Book Nine in the series; readers might want to work up to it by way of the first eight. (Book One: <em>So You Want to Be a Wizard<\/em>.) For ages 10 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/martian-chronicles-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/martian-chronicles-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/martian-chronicles-634x1024.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/martian-chronicles-768x1240.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/martian-chronicles.jpg 804w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Ray Bradbury\u2019s <em>The Martian Chronicles<\/em> (Simon &amp; Schuster, 2012), originally published in 1950, is a collection of linked short stories that comprise a chronological \u201cfuture history\u201d covering the exploration of Mars, colonization of the planet by humans fleeing a war-torn Earth, and conflicts with the native Martians. There are 28 stories in all, among them \u201cRocket Summer,\u201d \u201cAnd the Moon Be Still as Bright,\u201d \u201cThe Fire Balloons,\u201d and \u201cThe Million-Year Picnic.\u201d For ages 13 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0080242\/\">The Martian Chronicles<\/a> was made into a five-hour TV miniseries in 1980, with Rock Hudson and Gayle Hunnicutt.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>There\u2019s a digital copy of <em>The Martian Chronicles<\/em> on the planet Mars \u2013 it was delivered to the Martian North Pole by NASA\u2019s Phoenix spacecraft in 2007. Read about it <a href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/digital-copy-martian-chronicles-mars-003902405.html\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/digital-copy-martian-chronicles-mars-003902405.html\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Burroughs-princess-181x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Burroughs-princess-181x300.jpg 181w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Burroughs-princess-617x1024.jpg 617w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Burroughs-princess-768x1274.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Burroughs-princess-926x1536.jpg 926w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Burroughs-princess.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Edgar Rice Burroughs, though better known for his Tarzan series, also produced, in the first half of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century, eleven novels featuring Barsoom \u2013 the planet we know as Mars. The books star Civil War veteran John Carter, originally transported to Barsoom from a cave in the American Southwest. In the first book of the series, <em>A Princess of Mars<\/em>, he encounters the various races (four-armed green Martians, humanoid red Martians) and creatures (six-legged thoats) of Mars, becomes embroiled in war, wins the hand of the Martian princess Dejah Thoris, and finally \u2013 after a catastrophic failure of the planet\u2019s Atmosphere Plant \u2013 collapses of asphyxiation and wakes up back on Earth. For a complete list of the books in order, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.erblist.com\/abg\/thenovels.html\">The Barsoom Glossary<\/a>. Modern editions (Del Rey, 1985) are available.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Barsoom-Edgar-Rice-Burroughs\/lm\/R10OHQRU8JZI46\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Texts of the first five Barsoom novels are available for free <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johncarterofmars.ca\/books.html\">online<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/john-carter-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/john-carter-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/john-carter-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/john-carter-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/john-carter-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/john-carter.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>The recent movie version of Burroughs&#8217;s Barsoom, Disney\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0401729\/\">John Carter<\/a> (2012), stars Taylor Kitsch as Carter and Lynne Collins as Dejah Thoris, with a supporting cast of 12-foot-tall four-armed Martians. Rated PG-13.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/podkayne-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/podkayne-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/podkayne.jpg 316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Sci-fi writer Robert Heinlein wrote several books set on (or related to) Mars. Specifically targeted at young readers is Heinlein\u2019s <em>Podkayne of Mars<\/em> (Ace Trade Books, 2010), in which teenager Podkayne Fries and her brilliant but annoyingly mischievous younger brother, Clark, set off with their uncle on a spaceliner cruise to Earth. During a stopover on Venus, Clark is kidnapped and it turns out that the uncle is on a dangerous diplomatic mission. For ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-planet-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-planet-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/red-planet.jpg 354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Heinlein\u2019s <em>Red Planet<\/em> (Del Rey, 2006), main characters Jim Marlowe and Frank Sutton, along with Jim\u2019s volleyball-sized fuzzy Martian pet, Willis, have just started the school year at the Lowell Academy boarding school. When the school headmaster, Mr. Howe, and the colonial administrator of Mars, Mr. Beecher, confiscate Willis and plan to sell him to a London zoo \u2013 and to block the annual migration of the Martian colonists during the winter months, in a move to save money \u2013 Jim, Frank, and Willis run away to sound the alarm. Eventually they take part in a battle in which the colonists defeat the restrictive administration and declare independence from Earth. They also help forge bonds between the native Martians and the colonists, largely through Jim\u2019s close friendship with Willis. For ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/out-of-silent-planet-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/out-of-silent-planet-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/out-of-silent-planet-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/out-of-silent-planet-768x1158.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/out-of-silent-planet-1019x1536.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/out-of-silent-planet.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>C.S. Lewis, famed for the world of Narnia, accessible through the back wall of a wardrobe, also wrote science fiction. In <em>Out of the Silent Planet<\/em> (HarperCollins, 2005), originally published in 1938, Elwin Ransom, a Cambridge professor of philology, is kidnapped by the criminals Weston and Devine and taken by spaceship to Malacandra, the planet we know as Mars. There he escapes; makes friends with the local inhabitants, the hrossa \u2013 his linguistic skills come in handy here; is introduced to the nearly invisible spirit-like eldil; and meets Oyarsa, the great eldil who rules the planet. From Oyarsa, he learns that there is such an eldil for each of the four planets that have life, but Earth\u2019s has turned evil and \u201cbent\u201d \u2013 thus Earth is known as Thulcandra, the \u201cSilent Planet.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Sequels are <em>Perelandra<\/em>, a version of the Adam and Eve story, set on Venus, and <em>That Hideous Strength<\/em>, in which the conflict between good and evil continues on Earth. Complex and discussion-provoking. For ages 14 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><a class=\"rg_l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fimages-na.ssl-images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F81wFMY9OAFL.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FMartian-Andy-Weir%2Fdp%2F0553418025&amp;docid=m4DZzSnTx02t0M&amp;tbnid=LTQXqUaBSA01EM%3A&amp;vet=10ahUKEwjkj77HpaDhAhUJVt8KHe79Au0QMwhFKAAwAA..i&amp;w=1556&amp;h=2400&amp;bih=1137&amp;biw=1387&amp;q=the%20martian%20book%20cover&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjkj77HpaDhAhUJVt8KHe79Au0QMwhFKAAwAA&amp;iact=mrc&amp;uact=8\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/martian-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/martian-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/martian-664x1024.jpg 664w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/martian-768x1185.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/martian-996x1536.jpg 996w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/martian-1328x2048.jpg 1328w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/martian.jpg 1556w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>In Andy Weir\u2019s <em>The Martian<\/em> (Broadway Books, 2014), after a violent dust storm, astronaut Mark Watney \u2013 believed dead &#8211; has inadvertently been left behind and alone on Mars. Mark\u2019s struggle to survive and return home (luckily he\u2019s both a botanist and an engineer) makes for an absolutely terrific story. For teens and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/martian-movie-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/martian-movie-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/martian-movie-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/martian-movie-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/martian-movie-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/martian-movie-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/martian-movie.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Also see the 2015 film version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt3659388\/\">The Martian<\/a> with Matt Damon as stranded astronaut Mark Watney. Rated PG-13.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16198\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mars-by-bova-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mars-by-bova-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mars-by-bova-623x1024.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mars-by-bova-768x1261.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mars-by-bova-935x1536.jpg 935w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mars-by-bova-1247x2048.jpg 1247w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mars-by-bova.jpg 1256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>In Ben Bova\u2019s 500+-page <em>Mars<\/em> (Bantam Spectra, 1993), Jamie Waterman, a Navajo geologist, is the last person to join the first manned expedition to Mars. The book is crammed with detail, human interest, intrigue, and adventure. (Try lethal meteor showers and mysterious cliff cities.) For teens and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Check out this list of <a href=\"https:\/\/best-sci-fi-books.com\/21-best-mars-science-fiction-books\/\">Best Mars Science Fiction Books<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><!--more--><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>WAR OF THE WORLDS<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/war-of-worlds-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/war-of-worlds-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/war-of-worlds.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In H.G. Wells\u2019s classic <em>The War of the Worlds<\/em>, originally published in 1898, Martians in Tripods (three-legged fighting machines) invade and devastate southern England, before succumbing to Earth bacteria. Available in many editions including <em>War of the Worlds<\/em> (New York Review of Books, 2005), illustrated by Edward Gorey, and an abridged Great Classics Illustrated version for ages 7-9. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatillustratedclassics.com\/\">Great Illustrated Classics<\/a>\u00a0has a complete list of available titles.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>The complete text of <em>War of the Worlds<\/em> is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fourmilab.ch\/etexts\/www\/warworlds\/warw.html\">online<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fourmilab.ch\/etexts\/www\/warworlds\/warw.html\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>To listen to Orson Welles\u2019s <em>War of the Worlds<\/em> broadcast, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurytheatre.info\/\">Mercury Theatre on the Air<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/details\/OrsonWellesMrBruns\">Our Media: The War of the Worlds<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurytheatre.info\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/willie-bea-and-martians-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/willie-bea-and-martians-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/willie-bea-and-martians-672x1024.jpg 672w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/willie-bea-and-martians-768x1170.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/willie-bea-and-martians.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Virginia Hamilton\u2019s <em>Willie Bea and the Time the Martians Landed<\/em> (Aladdin Books, 1989), Willie Bea\u2019s extended family is caught up in the hysteria that surrounds Orson Welles\u2019s scarily realistic broadcast of <em>The War of the Worlds<\/em>. For ages 9 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/spooked-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/spooked-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/spooked.jpg 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Gail Jarrow\u2019s <em>Spooked<\/em> (Calkins Creek, 2018) is the story of Orson Welles\u2019s famous War of the Worlds radio broadcast and its aftermath, when is sparked a national discussion about fake news, propaganda, and the media. For ages 10-14.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/panic-broadcast-178x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/panic-broadcast-178x300.jpg 178w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/panic-broadcast.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Howard Koch\u2019s <em>The Panic Broadcast<\/em> (Avon Books, 1973) is a complete account of Orson Welles\u2019s famous radio show, by the man who wrote the radio play version of <em>War of the Worlds<\/em>. Koch details events before, during, and after the broadcast, and describes his trip to Grover\u2019s Mill, NJ, where the action (supposedly) took place. The book is out of print, but inexpensive used copies are available. For teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/japanese-devil-fish-girl-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/japanese-devil-fish-girl-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/japanese-devil-fish-girl.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Robert Rankin\u2019s <em>The Japanese Devil Fish Girl and Other Unnatural Attractions<\/em> (Gollancz, 2011) is a zany comedic sequel to <em>War of the Worlds<\/em>, set in 1895, ten years post-invasion, by which time Victorian England, after a clever feat of back-engineering, has expanded its empire to Mars. Characters include Charles Darwin, Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, Nikola Tesla, Winston Churchill, and Adolf Hitler, as well as the unfortunate showman Professor Coffin, whose audience has lost interest in his pickled Martian specimen &#8211; necessitating a search for the Devil Fish Girl. For quirky teenagers and adults. (Rankin, incidentally, is also the author of <em>The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse<\/em>.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/war-of-worlds-movie-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/war-of-worlds-movie-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/war-of-worlds-movie.jpg 319w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Movie versions of <em>War of the Worlds<\/em> include a black-and-white <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0046534\/\">1953 adaptation<\/a> with Gene Barry and Ann Robinson, rated G; and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0407304\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">2005 adaptation<\/a>, rated PG-13) starring Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, and an extremely shrill Dakota Fanning. In both cases, the book is better.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><strong>MATH ON (OR NEAR) MARS<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 318px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 318px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/count-like-a-martian-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/count-like-a-martian-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/count-like-a-martian.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 318px;\">In Glory St. John\u2019s <em>How to Count Like a Martian<\/em> (Random House, 1975), a mysterious beeping signal from Mars leads to a discussion of number systems used on Earth, among them Babylonian, Egyptian, Mayan, Greek, Chinese, and Arabic. The (four-fingered?) Martians apparently count in base 4. For ages 8-12. It\u2019s out of print, but definitely worth tracking down. Check your local library.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 112px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 112px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 112px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov\/planets.html\">Space Math @ NASA<\/a>\u00a0is a collection of math problems featuring planetary topics for a range of age groups. At \u201cLaunch of the Mars Science Laboratory,\u201d for example, kids use a sequence of launch images to determine launch speed and acceleration.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 94px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 94px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 94px;\">Everyone makes mistakes. <em>Wired<\/em> magazine&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/thisdayintech\/2010\/11\/1110mars-climate-observer-report\/\">This Day in Tech<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0has an account of the fatal metric conversion error that resulted in the 1999 loss of NASA\u2019s Mars Climate Orbiter.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 76px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 300px; height: 76px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 76px;\">Find out how much you\u2019d weigh on Mars (and all the other planets) with this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exploratorium.edu\/ronh\/weight\/\">interactive calculator<\/a> from the San Francisco Exploratorium.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong>MARTIAN ARTS<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/maxresdefault-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/maxresdefault-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/maxresdefault-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/maxresdefault-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/maxresdefault.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehow.com\/info_12102967_kids-art-project-planet-mars.html\">Kids\u2019 Art Project on the Planet Mars<\/a> has instructions for making a papier mache planet and a solar system mobile, and designing a Martian city. Also see YouTube&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Lac7DUv-OnQ\">How to Create a Papier-Mache Solar System<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marsartgallery.com\/\">Mars Art Gallery<\/a> has abstract art pertaining to Mars, photographic images (categorized in Orbital, Crater, Moon, and Surface Galleries), and resource links. Check out the Andy-Warhol-style Face on Mars.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/71GS-Mz9f5L._SL1200_-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/71GS-Mz9f5L._SL1200_-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/71GS-Mz9f5L._SL1200_-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/71GS-Mz9f5L._SL1200_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/71GS-Mz9f5L._SL1200_-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/71GS-Mz9f5L._SL1200_.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>From Gustav Holst\u2019s \u201cThe Planets,\u201d listen to the first movement \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L0bcRCCg01I\">Mars, the Bringer of War<\/a> \u2013 performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16205\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/morgan-and-martians-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/morgan-and-martians-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/morgan-and-martians.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Let\u2019s put on a play! In Victoria Twead\u2019s <em>Morgan and the Martians<\/em> (Feedaread.com, 2012), mischief-making Morgan is given a Shimmer Suit by visiting Martians that makes him invisible. He promptly uses it with disastrous results. For an expanding cast of Earthlings and Martians, ages 8-12 (or so).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong>RED PLANET POEMS<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/comets-stars-Florian-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/comets-stars-Florian-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/comets-stars-Florian.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Douglas Florian\u2019s <em>Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars<\/em> (Harcourt Children\u2019s Books, 2007) is a fun collection of space-themed poems and paintings, including one about the planet Mars. A \u201cGalactic Glossary\u201d provides brief background info on each poem. For ages 4-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/watermelon-pickle-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/watermelon-pickle-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/watermelon-pickle.jpg 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>My favorite: the Martian astronomer of John Hall Wheelock\u2019s poem <a href=\"http:\/\/wonderingminstrels.blogspot.com\/2000\/05\/earth-john-hall-wheelock.html\">Earth<\/a>. Also found in the wonderful poetry collection <em>Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle<\/em> (HarperTeen, 1967).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16192\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Giovanni-178x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Giovanni-178x300.jpg 178w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Giovanni.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Nikki Giovanni\u2019s &#8220;Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea (We\u2019re Going to Mars)&#8221; is the title poem from <em>Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems and Not Quite Poems<\/em> (William Morrow, 2002). (\u201cWe are going to Mars for the same reason Marco Polo rocketed to China\/For the same reason Columbus trimmed his sails on a dream of spices\u2026\u201d)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>See Albert Bigelow Paine\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/kotn.org\/poetry\/friends\/planet.html\">The Planet Mars<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From the Academy of American Poets, see Marvin Bell\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/m.poets.org\/poetsorg\/poem\/mars-being-red\">Mars Being Red<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>John Updike\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/martianchronicles.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/03\/mars-rover-poetry-by-john-updike\/\">Duet on Mars<\/a> is a dialogue between rovers Spirit and Opportunity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>According to Wikipedia, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martian_poetry\">Martian poetry<\/a> was a British poetry movement of the 1970s and 80s, characterized by \u201ccurious, exotic and humorous visual metaphors\u201d \u2013 that is, viewing ordinary things as if through the eyes of a Martian. An example is Craig Raine\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mit.edu\/people\/dpolicar\/writing\/poetry\/poems\/martian.html\">A Martian Sends a Postcard Home<\/a>.(Cool project. Try some of your own.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MARS LANDINGS Destination Mars is a timeline of Mars expeditions from the Viking Mars orbiter to Perseverance. From National Geographic, Why explore Mars? 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